Sandwiched driver can't believe he's alive

A driver whose car was crushed between two trucks in a Melbourne tunnel says he can't believe he's still alive.

Deer Park resident Domenic Zema had just noticed an incident ahead of him in the Burnley Tunnel and braked when a truck slammed into the back of his Toyota Rav4 around 9.30am this morning.

The truck hit the 25-year-old's car, pushing it forward and smashing it into another truck in front.

"It slammed straight into me, the airbags came out and I slammed straight into another massive truck," Mr Zema told Nine News.

"It was the scariest thing I've ever [experienced]."
The vice-like force crushed the small SUV by about a third.

"My boot was basically in the backseat and my bonnet was right near me in the windscreen," Mr Zema told the Herald Sun.
He was amazed he walked away from the crash suffering only whiplash and a few bruises.

Paramedic Bill Briggs said he feared the worst when he saw the sandwiched vehicle and was amazed Mr Zema did not suffer major injuries.

"This man needs to buy a TattsLotto ticket," Mr Briggs said.

"He needs to buy a Wednesday TattsLotto ticket, he needs to buy a Tuesday TattsLotto ticket because his number's not up today, and he's a very lucky man," he said.

The accident has led motoring groups to call for a uniform speed limit in the Burnley Tunnel and for trucks to be banned from the right hand lane.